NameSreemahalakshmi S
Job TitleExecutive
OrganisationKasturi & Sons Ltd
Member Since25 Feb 2009
Areas of ExpertiseLead Generation, Mobile, Multichannel Marketing, Online Advertising, Online Customer Service

About Me

Current

o        Brand management of the short code 56397 and its related promotional and marketing activities

o        Brand management of www.thehindushopping.com and its related promotional and marketing activities

o        Brand Management pertaining to the group’s websites

o        Devising strategies to increase website using topical opportunities like budget etc

o        Launching microsites for events in co-ordination with various departments, and devise strategies and promote online ticket sales for events like Theatre Festivals, Music Festivals etc.

Past

·         prepare various category reports for the top management and report to Marketing Head.

·         To assist Marketing and the Sales departments in various business development activities in building a media kit and preparing Product presentations and customized presentations.

·         To prepare Industry-wise analysis for Display category to top management.

·         To provide ammunition to branches across India by tracking missed ads. for our group publications.  Timely information to them enables them to get those advertisements/campaigns for us. 

·         To do regular presentations for higher-ups, on the various happenings in media industry.

·         To compile Daily Space Barometer for top management for volume consumed by all major publications in India.

·         To prepare Monthly Performance Reports for various categories like Display ads, Appointment ads, Tender ads etc., for top management.

·         Market Research through the Events conducted by the organization.

·         Active participant in the team for ‘World Cup Cricket Contest – 2003’ conducted by The Hindu and handled the participant's database - 60,000 entries. End to End processing of data leading to announcement of winners in a record time of 7 days.

·         Active participant in the team for ‘sms 6397-Cricket Contest’ in promotion, coordination and prize distribution.

·         Handling the sms 6397 mobile service of The Hindu for contest and lead generation.

·         Marketing and Promoting the sms 6397 mobile service by making use of ICC World Cup 2007 and devising a regular hit generation through contests like guessing the Man on the Match/Winning Team.

·         Assisted in Database generation of prospective advertisers and readers(IT sector), preparing presentations and suggesting schemes for brand building for the new product “Ergo”-a freely circulated paper for the IT sector(targeting the young and SEC A1+).

·         Based on changing needs prepare new software for the department.

Education and Qualifications

·         B.Sc. Mathematics from Annamalai University  – 1996

·         Master of Computer Applications from IGNOU – 2002

·         Master of Marketing Management from Pondicherry University – 2004

Other

·         Database Management Systems – Oracle with Forms 7.1 / Developer 2000(Forms 4.5), DBASE III Plus.

·         Applications – MS Office

·         Languages – BASIC, COBOL, FORTRAN77, ANSI C, JAVA

·         Operating Systems – MS Dos, Windows 98 / XP, UNIX

·         Packages – LOTUS 1-2-3 / Wordstar version 4.0, AutoCAD (Levels I & II), AutoLISP, Animator Pro, 3D Studio.

·         Zeugnis Grundstufe 2(German) - Certificate Elementary Level 2 - Maxmueller Bhavan, Madras.